HARRY
KYLER was born on May 2, 1890 in Camden, New Jersey to Benjamin
F. and Margaret Kyler. His father was born in Pennsylvania, his
mother was a native of Northern Ireland. He served in the United
States Navy in the late 1900s and early 1910s. It is known that
he was member of the crew if USS
Bainbridge DD-1, stationed at Cavite in the Philippines, at
the time of the 1910 Census. He returned to Camden and married
Martha Kearney at the age of 23. By 1920 Martha had born three
children, daughters Martha and Margaret, and son Harry Kyler Jr.
Another daughter, Betty, would com in the late 1920s.

Harry
and Martha Kyler first appear in Camden City directories in
1916, living at 236 Milton
Street in North
Camden, he was then working as a rigger, most likely in one
of the nearby shipyards. He was appointed to the Camden Police
Department on April 12, 1917. The family was then living at 220 Bailey
Street. He appears to have left the police force after a few
months to take a higher paying job in one of Camden's shipyards.
City Directories have him working in the shipyard and living at
200 Bailey
Street as late as 1922.

In 1922 Harry Kyler
returned to the Camden Police Department. He and his family are
listed at 3225 Mount
Ephraim Avenue in the 1923 Directory. By the time the 1924
edition was compiled, they had moved to 329 Grant
Street in North Camden. The Kylers lived on at that address to
at least 1956, and most likely for a few years afterwards.

By
1928 Harry Kyler had been promoted to detective. After 33 years of
distinguished service. Harry Kyler retired on pension in 1957.
Harry and Martha Kyler moved to Williamstown, New Jersey in 1962.
He passed away on December 27, 1974 and was buried at Lakeview
Memorial Park in Cinnaminson, New Jersey.

Ten youths arrested early yesterday at
Third and
Royden Streets by District Detective Harry
Kyler, on charges
of shooting craps, were warned by Police Judge Pancoast to quit
gambling on street corners. They then were given suspended sentences.
The youths promised Judge Pancoast they would not hang around the
corners in the future.

Two
men and a woman were arrested by police in a raid Saturday night on an
alleged disorderly house at 610 South
Second street. Freddy M. West, 34, and Mattie Watson, both of that
address, were held in $500 bail each. West was charged with being the
proprietor, and the Watson woman held as a material witness, along with
Thomas R. Bunting, 62, of 560 Highland Boulevard, Gloucester. The raid was
made by Lieutenant Herbert
Anderson and Detectives Walter
Smith, John Trout and Harry
Kyler. The defendants will be arraigned in police court this morning.

Camden
Courier-Post - August 15, 1933

RODGERS,
EX-BOXER NABBED AGAIN IN RAIDWhisky and 65 Bottles Also Seized
by Cops in Segal Street SpeakeasyModest
Moonshinery Found in 'Empty' House

James
"Jimmy" Rodgers, 28, former boxer; fell into the
hands of police again last night when they raided a speakeasy at 1000
Segal
Street, allegedly
operated by him.

Three
others were arrested. One of them, James Greer, 35, of 332 North
Second street, placed a charge of possession of stolen goods against
Rodgers when police unearthed some articles stolen from Greer two months
ago.

Rodgers
has fallen afoul of the , law on numerous occasions. He has been
arrested several times for operating speakeasies. He was also arrested
as a material witness in the "Shooey"
Bonner murder two years ago.

He
will be given a police court hearing today,

Detectives
raided a vacant dwelling at 225 Chestnut
Street last night and seized a "moonshine" plant
consisting of two stills, 36 barrels of mash and oil and gas stove
cookers.

The
place had been under observation by Detective Vernon
Jones for two weeks.

No
one was inside when Jones and Patrolmen George
Hemphill and John Houston entered. A 50 gallon still was on the
second floor and a 35 gallon still on the first floor.

JIMMY
RODGERS IS GIVEN 180 DAYSFormer
Boxer Jailed on Speakeasy Charge, Held on Stolen Goods Count

James
"Jimmy" Rodgers, 28-year-old former boxer who on numerous
occasions has run afoul of the law, was sentenced yesterday to serve 180
days in the county jail for operating a speakeasy at 1000 Segal
Street.

In
addition, he was held without bail by Police
Judge Pancoast on a charge of possession of stolen goods. The goods
were identified by their owner, James Greer, 35, of 332 North
Second Street, who was in the speakeasy when police raided it Monday
night.

Greer
turned state's evidence against Rodgers
in police court yesterday, and for a reward, received a suspended
sentence.

District
Detective Harry
Kyler, Marshall Thompson
and Walter Smith raided the
speakeasy and confiscated 65 pints of whiskey in bottles and a gallon of
whiskey in a jug. Kyler testified Rodgers
was not there when the raiders entered the place but appeared later and
was arrested.

3
Others Nabbed

Three
others were arrested in the place. These were Greer, Thomas Spencer, 33,
who gave the speakeasy as his home address, and John D. Wood, 35, of 928
Kimber
street. Spencer has been arrested approximately 75 times, the police
said.

The
detectives, when searching the premises, found a suitcase filled with
shoestrings, collar buttons and other merchandise. Greer identified the
case and its contents as having been stolen from his car when it was
parked on Segal Street near Front some time ago. He lodged the complaint
of possession of stolen goods against Rodgers.

Rodgers
was arraigned on three charges, including the stolen goods count. The
other complaints were that he sold beer without a license and violated
Section 422 of the city ordinances which prohibits disorderly persons to
congregate on the premises.

Rodgers
pleaded not guilty on all three charges, and told the court he had
"nothing to say." He was fined $200 on each of the charges of
violating Section 422, and selling without a license, and when he did
not pay, he was sentenced to 90 days on each of the two counts. He was
committed to the county jail without bail on Greer's complaint of
possession of stolen goods.

Greer
testified that he had purchased liquor in Rodgers'
place several times, as late as last night. Greer's sentence was
suspended.

Spencer
Refuses to Talk

Spencer
refused to testify against Rodgers.
He said he did not know "what was going on there" and that he
was there painting.

"You
won't be painting there for 90 days," retorted the court in
pronouncing sentence.

Wood,
the other man arrested in the place, did not appear in court and
forfeited $10 security he had posted after the raid.

Rodgers
has been arrested several times for operating speakeasies. He was also
arrested as a material witness two years ago in the murder of William
"Shooey" Bonner."

Spencer
was arrested so often when he resided in Gloucester that he became known
as "Gloucester's Peck's Bad Boy," the police said. Since
moving to Camden he has been arrested arrested
nearly 50 times, police stated.

The
majority of his arrests have been on charges of drunkenness and
disorderly conduct, but in 1925 and in 1926, he was arrested on a charge
of larceny of automobile. Again in 1929 he was charged with non support,
when he was ordered to pay his wife $10 weekly. Back In 1916 he was
arrested on a charge of stealing a gold watch.

The
coroner's inquest to decide the cause of death to Angelos Magalas, Greek
chef, who was shot during a card game holdup at 725 Penn
Street on January 11, will be
held today at 10 a. m.

Coroner
Franklin P. Jackson III, of Collingswood, will conduct the inquest and
will select his jury of 12 from a list of 15 persons prepared by the
office of County Prosecutor Samuel
P. Orlando.

Detectives
already have subpoenaed 20 witnesses for questioning at the inquest,
including players who were the victims in the holdup and three Camden
physicians who attended Magalas prior to his death.

The
witnesses will include Samuel and Mabel Ermilios, tenants of the Penn
Street house where the holdup
occurred; George and Annette Mastros, who room at the house; Samuel
Bosco, Broadway
barber; George Summers, Ross Pantel, Michael D' Andrea. and William Caras,
who according to police were participants in the card game.

All
of the men were held as material witnesses in the shooting when arraigned
today before Police Judge Gene R.
Mariano.

Coroner
Jackson refused to give a certificate of death until the chemical test of
Magalas' brain was made by Philadelphia experts. The re suit will not be
revealed until the inquest.

Assistant
Prosecutor Isaac Eason and
County Physician David S. Rhone
gave it as their opinion that Malagas died of natural causes rather than,
the bullet wound. Coroner Jackson then ordered an inquest to be held.

Police
are searching for Frank Luggi, 21, of 322 Penn
Street, who they say was one of
the holdup bandits and the one who fired the bullet that struck Magalas.

The
last coroner's inquest held in Camden county was in 1933, in the death of Thomas
Timothy Sullivan, and previous to that none had been held here in 25
years.

Sullivan
was 57 years old and lived at 401 State
Street. He was employed as a detective by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
He was found shot to death in a shack in the rail road yards on August 28,
1933.

At
that time, County Physician Edward B. Rogers issued a certificate of death
that Sullivan
had committed suicide. The decision of the county physician enraged
members of Sullivan's family and they demanded an inquest.

The
inquest was ordered by then Coroner Arthur
H. Holl, who presided. All the evidence in the case was presented to
the jury of 12 men, and after deliberating for less than an hour, they
returned a verdict that Sullivan
had been murdered by persons unknown.

Under
state law, the county physician may order an inquest; with 12 persons on
the jury of the coroner's choosing. The jurymen may be taken from the
present panel of the petit jury or be picked at ran dom. The Grand Jury
does not have to indict on the basis of the inquest. At the inquest
Coroner Jackson will be assisted by attaches of the prosecutor's office.

Malagas,
the father of three children, lived at 1110 Langham
Avenue. He was shot when several armed bandits held up a card game and
he died several days later.

>$100
IN GEMS STOLEN FROM APARTMENT
Theft at 418 Broadway Reported to Police; other Homes Robbed

Two
garages and several homes were entered over the weekend by thieves who
escaped with, cash, jewelry and other articles.

Theft
of jewelry valued at $100 and a $5 note were reported to police last
night by Mrs. Bernard Heidrich, of 418 Broadway.
Mrs. Heidrich told City Detective Harry
Kyler she and her husband returned home after an absence of nine
hours and discovered a door leading to their second-floor apartment had
been jimmied. Among the articles reported stolen were a bracelet, a
brooch and a ring.

Kyler
reported an attempt had been made to gain entrance to the office of Dr.
C. C. Eppleman in the same building. A panel was forced in a door, Kyler
said.

Walter
T. Ridgeway, of 924 Penn
Street, reported the theft of a heater and radio speaker from his
automobile while it was parked in his garage on Twelfth Street near Lawrence.
Ridgeway said the lock on the garage had been forced.

Jacob
Fine, of 1700 Master
Street, told police three boys walked into his store and escaped
with 10 cartons of cigarettes.

Jennie
Finkel, of 2615 Westfield
Avenue, said $25 had been stolen from a bureau drawer in her
apartment. No marks of forced entry could be found.

The
lock, key, auto jack and two one-gallon cans of anti-freeze were stolen
from a garage used by George Firth, 540 Stevens
Street, Firth told police. The articles were valued at $5.

YOUTH SNATCHES HANDBAG

Mrs. Anna Beachwood, of 524
North Eighth street,
reported to Acting Detective Harry Kyler her handbag was snatched by a
youth as she was walking with a woman friend on Seventh street near
Fern last night. The thief ran east on Fern street. Radio car squads
searched the neighborhood. Mrs. Beachwood said the bag contained about
$1 in change.

Ex-convict, who yesterday admitted
passing worthless checks here
and in Collingswood and Bridgeton.

Camden
Courier-Post * February 28, 1938

Phila.
Bound PassengerCharged With
Fraud Here

and
in 2 Towns

Arrested
on a Philadelphia-bound bus
Saturday night, William Epstein,
35, of 1021 Clinton street, Philadelphia, is being held by local
police for passing worthless checks in
Camden, Collingswood and Bridgeton.

Bridgeton
police notified City Detective
Gus Pfleiderer that Epstein boarded
a bus for Philadelphia after
giving a worthless check for $25 to Mrs. Martha Bowen, a storekeeper,
of 80 Commerce street, Bridgeton.
Pfleiderer met the bus at
Broadway and Market street at
7.30 p. m. and arrested Epstein.

Later
Epstein was identified by Miss
Eleanor Jaeckel, florist, of 3702 Westfield
Avenue, as a man for whom
she cashed a worthless check for $16.50 on February 19. Nathan Bushman,
201 Broadway,
told police
Epstein gave him one for $13.50
last week. Collingswood police notified Pfleiderer that Epstein passed
a bad check for $10 last week
on Arnold Weiss, merchant, of
700 Haddon avenue, Collingswood.

City
Detective Harry Kyler said Epstein
has served three years in the
Eastern Peniteniary, Philadelphia,
for the same offense.